College Board Will Soon Make SAT Digital Only

You’ve probably already heard that College Board will soon make transition to the digital SAT. In early May, they announced that students testing outside the U.S. will first take the digital SAT in Spring 2023 and then those taking test in the U.S. will do so in spring 2024. So students testing internationally in the class of 2024 will be the first to take the digital SAT, while in the U.S., students in the high school class of 2025 will be the first class to take the digital test. For PSAT, all students will take the digital PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10, and PSAT/NMSQT starting in fall 2023.​

What's Changing

• Students can test on a personal device, such as laptop or tablet, or a school-issued device. If students don't have a device, College Board will provide one on test day.
• The SAT will take about two hours instead of three and feature shorter reading passages with one question tied to each.
• Students and educators will get the score and other information they need quicker, in days, not weeks. 
• A graphing calculator will be built into the testing app or students can bring their own on the entire math section.
• Students will get more relevant information, including two-year colleges, careers, and workforce training programs.
• Each student will see a unique version of the test—and schools, districts, and states will have more flexibility in when to test.

What's Staying the Same

• The digital SAT Suite will continue to measure the knowledge and skills that students are learning in school and that matter most for college and career readiness.
  
• The SAT will be scored on the same 1600 scale and educators and students can continue to track growth across the suite over time.
  
• The digital SAT will still be administered in a school or in a test center with a proctor present—not at home. Test centers will continue to be open to all students, not just those enrolled in that school. 
  
• Students will still have free world-class practice resources on Khan Academy® and full-length practice tests on the digital testing application.
  
• Students will continue to connect directly to scholarships.
• Supports continues available for all students, including those who need accommodations on test day. 

How to Register

Registration for the spring 2023 digital SAT will be available for international students this fall. Here’s how to make sure you find out when that happens: 

1. If you don’t already have one, create a College Board account here. 
2. Check the box that says “Email me information about College Board programs.” 
3. Add your parent’s name and email address, and check the boxes that say, “CC a Parent Email Service” and “College Board Emails” 
4. Practice test: Around the same time that registration opens, you’ll be able to start practicing with sets of questions and full-length tests right in the digital testing application.

What We Think

From TrinityScholar's point of view, the main purpose of these changes are to prevent cheating, and to avoid more privileged kids with more resources for prepping.  However, SAT would after all be testing on the same stuff, reading comprehension, grammar and math. Stay tuned with us for more updates.
If you need more information, feel free to contact us, or check our class schedule of SAT Test Prep.

The above information is from College Board's website, and you'd find more information there:
https://blog.collegeboard.org/international-students-college-board-answers-your-questions-about-digital-sat
https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/digital
https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat